Data Analytics Contracts in Cheshire

Data Analytics
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Data Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 46 55
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 11 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.45% 2.38% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.82% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 5
10th Percentile £312 £350 £322
25th Percentile £358 £450 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.53% +11.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £491 £606 £650
90th Percentile £615 - £673
North West median daily rate £450 £588 £463
% change year-on-year -23.40% +27.03% -22.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
North West median hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +303.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Data Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in Cheshire

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in Cheshire

Data Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in Cheshire

Data Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in Cheshire

Data Analytics
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford -5 5 £358 -39.06% 1
Chester -7 4 £450 - 6
Warrington - 1 £614 - 8
Data Analytics
North West

Data Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) ArcGIS
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (27.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) LAN
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Business Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Network Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Service Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Commercial Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Commercial Data Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Senior
5 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Insider Threat
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Internal Audit
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Data Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Data Entry
5 1 (9.09%) Data Extraction
5 1 (9.09%) Data Mapping
5 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (9.09%) Economics
5 1 (9.09%) Kanban
5 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Use Case
5 1 (9.09%) User Stories
5 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CBAP
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
1 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) PSD2
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) ESRI
2 1 (9.09%) Ping Identity
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk